Articles on Flight MH17

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Multiple parallel actions are ongoing with the aim of achieving truth and justice for the 298 passengers and crew of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17. The flight was shot down over Ukraine on July 17, 2014…

The story that refuses to go away.
Michael Kooren/Reuters
February 21, 2017

Last week’s release of the Dutch Safety Board’s final report on the downing of MH17 held no surprises. While this essentially technical report had no brief to cast blame for the tragedy, no-one familiar…

The Russians have started coming. On Thursday, an aircraft with about 80-90 Russians arrived in preparation for the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Brisbane. There will be four more official planes, including President…

Julie Bishop says Russian President Putin had responded “very constructively” to her appeal about MH17.
AAP/Richard Wainwright
October 20, 2014

Once again Julie Bishop has demonstrated she can lay claim to be currently the best performing minister in cabinet. On her recent overseas trip, Foreign Minister Bishop secured an apparently useful meeting…

Some of the debris from the Boeing 777 Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 plane crash site.
EPA/Jerry Lampen
September 10, 2014

Investigations into the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 have revealed the aircraft’s cockpit was punctured by a number of “high-energy objects”. The Dutch Safety Board has revealed the findings…

This could be Malaysia Airlines’ last chance to get its house in order.
EPA
September 8, 2014

Following the catastrophic losses of flights MH370 over the Indian Ocean and MH17 over Ukraine, Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has received a bailout of nearly £1.2 billion from the Malaysian government. The…

A company in need of a reconnection with customers.
Shamshahrin Shamsudin/EPA
September 2, 2014

Malaysia Airlines was hit with two extraordinary crises this year that have rocked the confidence of customers and left the company struggling to manage the damage. Lone passengers are posting pictures…

A huge criminal investigation is underway in the Netherlands, following the downing of flight MH17. Ten Dutch prosecutors and 200 policemen are involved in collecting evidence to present at the International…

The evidence is out there, waiting to be found.
Igor Kovalenko
August 19, 2014

More than a month has passed since Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crashed with the loss of all 298 lives on board. But despite the disturbances at the crash site near the small town of Grabovo, near Donetsk…

A coffin bearing the remains of a victim from flight MH17 arrives in the Netherlands. In determining compensation, the onus is on the airline to prove it wasn’t at fault or negligent.
EPA/Bas Czerwinski
August 13, 2014

On July 17, 2014, Malaysia Airlines flight 17 (MH17) – an international passenger flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur – crashed in eastern Ukraine. All 298 passengers and crew were killed. It appears…

In his response to MH17, prime minister Tony Abbott acted according to some personal and cultural expectations of leadership.
AAP/Alan Porritt
August 10, 2014

It was the bloodshot eyes that conveyed to one journalist the strain and weariness weighing upon prime minister Tony Abbott as he dealt with the MH17 tragedy. Australians learned of the office naps between…

Australians have been touched by the loss of MH17 and want an investigation, but does that justify putting more lives at risk?
AAP/Dave Hunt
August 7, 2014

Political success often contains within it policy contradictions that eventually cause the “successful” initiative to fail. So it may be in the Dutch-Australian initiative to secure and forensically investigate…